15. Jo Bennett

Worth: $1 Billion

Source: Electronic, Inheritance

Residence: Tallahassee, FLA

Ex-CEO of office equipment manufacturer Sabre stepped down only to watch her successor make a series of missteps. Retail plans shelved after observers suggested the company would have to “adopt the carnival model of leaving town once everyone’s wise.” A new product called the Pyramid—a three-pound triangular tablet computer—proved even less popular. Featured in the television series The Office.